Jon Kyl

Jon Kyl, in full Jon Llewellyn Kyl
(born April 25, 1942, Oakland, Nebraska, U.S.), American politician who served as a Republican congressman from Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives (1987–95) and as a U.S. senator from Arizona (1995– 2013). He became Senate minority whip in 2008.

Kyl earned bachelor’s (1964) and law (1966) degrees from the University of Arizona, where he served as president of the Arizona Law Review. After being admitted to the state bar in 1966, he practiced at a Phoenix law firm for the next 20 years before running for a seat in the U.S. House of ... (100 of 413 words)